Google gave 100% of their allowable campaign money to pro Obama groups this election season. FYI.
It’s about time...
It's their Armed Forces now.
For the first time in their lives, they’re proud of their country?
The full membership of Obama's Transition Economic Advisory Board is:
David Bonior (member of House of Representatives, 1977-2003)
Warren Buffett (chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway)
Roel Campos (former commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission)
William Daley (Midwest chairman of JPMorgan Chase; secretary of commerce, 1997-2000)
William Donaldson (chairman of the SEC, 2003-2005)
Roger Ferguson (president and CEO of TIAA-CREF; former vice
chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve)
Jennifer Granholm (governor of Michigan)
Anne Mulcahy (chairman and CEO of Xerox)
Richard Parsons (chairman of the board of Time Warner)
Penny Pritzker (CEO of Classic Residence by Hyatt)
Robert Reich (professor at the University of California-Berkeley; secretary of labor, 1993-1997)
Robert Rubin (chairman and director of the Executive
Committee at Citigroup; secretary of the Treasury, 1995-1999)
Eric Schmidt (chairman and CEO of Google)
Lawrence Summers (professor at Harvard University; managing director at D. E. Shaw; secretary of the Treasury, 1999-2001)
Laura Tyson (professor at the Haas School of Business, University of California-Berkeley; chairman of the National Economic Council, 1995-1996; chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisers, 1993-1995)
Antonio Villaraigosa (mayor of Los Angeles)
Paul Volcker (chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, 1979-1987)
Think these two Clintonista retreads, now advising the Ruler-Elect, have changed their thinking on the matter?
Neither do I.
Hence there is no evidence to support the academy's fashionable view, propagated by Laura Tyson, Robert Reich, and Lester Thurow, that spend-and-VAT policies direct resources toward better economic performance.
Regardless, I will still never use google or any of its tools.
JoMa
Shocking
Why does a leftist Google owner need a fighter jet? I found that recent Drudge story scary.
The Left likes to pose as a friend of the troops (which are usefully cast as victims of the military-industrial complex) so this is no surprise.